Bismarck weekly tribune., 1887-01-14

The citizens of the city donated ten acres
Of land for a site and the appropriation Of
$10,S20 has been expended for the erection
of q three-storied brick building, 5Sx37 feet.
From the appropriation of 5000 for pay Of
teachers 1880 remains unexpended and
from the furnishing fund of $500, there is
q balance of $1,711.6S remaining, making a
total balance Of funds on hand $6,552.S5.
The school will be opened Feb. l., 1887, and
for compie ieting the furnishing needed all of
the above amount will be expended. 1t is
claimed that the school is most favOrably
located. Within distance of fifty miles
are mines of tin. copper, iron, antimony,
silver-lead. nickel, gold and silver; coal
in its immediate vicinity. The dean sets
forth that there should be provided in addi-
tion to- what has been contracted for,
metalurgical laboratory; stamping and
amalgamating mill; furnaces for testing
ores, special examining assistants and in
struments, books, etc., now borrowed from
the instructors of the mines. For all of
these and the running expenses of the
school, an appropriation of $4,000 will be
necessary. 80,
DAKOTA PENITENTIARY AT SIOUX FALLS.
This report is the third biennial report
made, and comprises a pamphlet of eighty
four pages, the greater part of it being de-
voted to the itemized accounts of its man.
agement. The present directors succeeded
to their offices April 1, 1885, and the pres
ent warden assumed control of affairs July
l, 1885. The report, however, covers the
period from December 1, 1884, to No
vember 80, 1886. AT the former date the
number of prisoners confined was 100; in
this period there have been received 1Ol,
and there have been discharged, pardoned,
transferred, ETC., LIS. The number at pres
ent in its walls is s.. No appropriation
was made for improvements of any kind;
nevertheless, great deal has been accom-
plished in that line by curtailing other
funds; in this way by prison labor there
has been built stone barn, S2x48 feet; a
large area OF the grounds has been graded
by convict labor; root house for
storing vegetables has been constructed of
stone; the workshop has been completed,
and large number of new books added to
the library, The latter now comprises 700
volumes, which are purchased with the
gate fees received from visitors. The board
ask that the city system OF supplying
water and gas be extended to the peniten-
tiary. This is urged both as a pecuniary
benefit and as asafeguard from fires. They
also suggest that the deputy warden's SAL
ary be Increased to $1,000 a year, and that
the steam fixtures be renewed. For all
necessary purposes an appropriation of
$4,000 is asked. The total disbursements
for the past two years were $76O96.SS A
contract for prison laber went into effect
Dec. l, 1885. J. NJ. Bailey, Jr., the con-
tractor, is entitled by it's terms to Is per
cent. of all able bodied cOnvicts, for which
he pays 20 cents per day for each the first
,fo
for the remaining three years of the con-
tract. They are now engaged upon stone
and monumental work. The other pris-
oners are reserved for prison duties. There
has already accrued to the territory from
this contract $2,447.03 During the period
two prisoners have died: Religious serv-
ices are regularly held in the prison
chapel.
The reports of the other territorial insti-
tutions have not been seen by the TR1B-
UNE. and therefore it is unable to present
its readers with any of the information
which they contain at this time. The fol-
lowing is a summary of the appropriations
asked for by the institutions noted above:
North Dakota Hospital for the Insane S2OO. 600
Dakota Agricultural College at Brook
State Normal School at Madison SSo00 @
Dakota School for Deaf Mutes at Sioux
Falls ..:............... $500,
School OF Mines at Rapid CITY,. ::...: $1,000
Forks. :...... :....... ...:...... " 81 600
Dakota Peniten iary at Sioux Falls s4,OUO
Bismarck Penitentlary Observation-Disclosures. $4,000
Total. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. S65o, 200
The Yankton insane hospital wants
100000, and it is safe to say that the
total appropriations asked for by all ter
ritorial institutions will amount to at least
81 100000.